Matt Lanter Biography

Matthew Mackendree "Matt" Lanter (born April 1, 1983) is an American actor and model. He gained fame by playing Liam Court in the CW hit teen drama series 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also appeared in some major released films, such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, Sorority Row, Vampires Suck and The Roommate. He is the voice of Anakin Skywalker in all Star Wars: The Clone Wars incarnations.

Personal life

Lanter was born in Massillon, Ohio, the son of Joseph "Joe" Lanter and Jana "Jan" Burson. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1991 at age 8. Lanter graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2001. He played baseball, football, basketball, gymnastics and golf and was a batboy for the Atlanta Braves. He attended University of Georgia, majoring in sports business, but an interest in the film and television industry created a strong desire to pursue acting instead.

Lanter married his longtime girlfriend, Angela Stacy, on June 14, 2013. The two had been in a relationship since 2009.

Career

In 2004, Lanter was a contestant on Bravo's reality show Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model. He did not win the competition. Within a few weeks of moving to Los Angeles, California, Lanter successfully auditioned for the role of Nick on the Supernatural Teen-Drama Fox series Point Pleasant. He had a major recurring role throughout the series first and only season. He has since then appeared in television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, 8 Simple Rules, Big Love and Heroes.

In April 2005, he signed on to become a series regular portraying the role of Horace Calloway on ABC's political drama series Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland. The series premiered on September 27, 2005, and was cancelled on June 14, 2006.

In 2008, he took on the lead role as Zach Conroy in The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream, with Francia Raisa.

In February 2008, he was announced to portray the central character Will, in Lionsgate's Parody/Comedy film Disaster Movie. The film is written and directed by directing and screenwriting duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer who have previously worked on other Parody films such as Meet The Spartans and Epic Movie. The film spoofs recent disaster films such as Cloverfield. He stars with Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo and Carmen Electra. The film, which was released on August 29, 2008, was a critical bomb. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide and received extremely negative reviews from critics, as well as six nominations at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards.

In October 2008, he was announced to star in Summit Entertainment's remake of the cult 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. The film stars Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge, and Rumer Willis. Sorority Row was released on September 11, 2009 to negative reviews.

In 2009, he began a major recurring role on The CW's 90210 portraying the role of Liam Court. In September 2009, he was announced as a series regular for the second season. The series is a modern-day remake of the 1990s teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210. In March 2010, he signed on for another parody project with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 20th Century Fox's Vampires Suck. He played Edward Sullen, a spoof of Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga. The film was released on August 18, 2010.

In May 2009, it was announced he had signed on for the role of Jason Webber in Screen Gems' horror film The Roommate. Starring with Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester, filming took place in 2009. The film originally was scheduled for an October 2010 release but was pushed forward to September 17, 2010. However, Screen Gems pushed it to February 4, 2011.

He has worked on two films Liars All and A Chance of Rain. He also voices Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson and Venom in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man, which premiered on April 1, 2012. He has also signed on to voice the role of Sled in Secret of the Wings, which will be released in October 2012.

On March 5, 2013, Lanter was cast as a co-star in The CW's science fiction drama series Star-Crossed (originally titled Oxygen) opposite Aimee Teegarden. Star-Crossed is about an epic romance between a human girl (Teegarden) and an alien boy (Lanter) when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp.

Star Wars

In December 2006, he was announced to play the role of Anakin Skywalker for Warner Bros. CGI Animated Science Fiction/Action film Star Wars: The Clone Wars which was released on August 15, 2008. The film had box office success earning worldwide $69,182,844. He continued in the role in the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars which premiered on October 3, 2008 on the Cartoon Network. He has also reprised his role in various video games based on the franchise. The series fourth season premiered in September, 2011. Season five premiered on Cartoon Network on September 29, 2012. The Red Carpet Premier for the fifth Season was in Orlando, Florida during Celebration VI on Friday August 24, 2012 where Lanter along with some of his co-stars Sam Witwer, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan and Stephen Stanton as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni attended this special event.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Bobby Jones' caddy
2008	'	Zack Conroy	Television film
2008	WarGames: The Dead Code	Will Farmer	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2008	Disaster Movie	Will Clayton
2009	Sorority Row	Kyle Tyson
2010	Vampires Suck	Edward Sullen
2011	'	Jason Tanner
2012	Secret of the Wings	Sled (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2013	Liars All	Mike
2013	'	Eric Price	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Manhunt	Himself	Contestant (seventh runner-up)
2005	8 Simple Rules	Brendon	Episode: "The After Party"
2005	Point Pleasant	Nick	3 episodes
2005"2006	Commander in Chief	Horace Calloway	Main cast
2006	Big Love	Gibson	Episode: "Eviction"
2006	Heroes	Brody Mitchum	5 episodes
2006	Shark	Eddie Linden	3 episodes
2007	Judy's Got a Gun	Isaac Prentice	Unsold ABC pilot
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ryan Lansco	Episode: "Fallen Idols"
2007	Monk	Clay Bridges	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Adam Singer	Episode: "The Heart of the Matter"
2008"2013	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Anakin Skywalker (voice)	Main cast
2008	Life	Patrick Bridger	Episode: "Everything... All the Time"
2008	'	Mike	Unsold Fox pilot
2009"2013	90210	Liam Court	Recurring (season 1); main cast (seasons 2"5); 98 episodes
2012"present	Ultimate Spider-Man	Harry Osborn, Eugene "Flash" Thompson, Klaw, Venom (voice)	Main cast
2012	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Baylor Hotner (voice)	3 episodes
2012	'	Matt the Pear	Episode: "Generic Holiday Special"
2013	Phineas and Ferb	Venom (voice)	Episode: "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel"
2014	Star-Crossed	Roman	Upcoming CW series, main cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars " Lightsaber Duels	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars " Jedi Alliance	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2009	Star Wars: The Clone Wars " Republic Heroes	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2011	Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Darth Sadic, Agent Galen (voice)